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Platypus article to be published

Stephen Kolomyjec, visiting assistant professor of cell and molecular biology, is author of an article accepted for publication in the Australian Journal of Zoology. Titled “Regional population structuring and conservation units in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus),” the article is authored by Kolomyjec in collaboration with Tom Grant of the University of New South Wales, Chris Johnson of the University of Tasmania, and David Blair of James Cook University.

Photo: In a demonstration of the regional size difference found in the platypus, Dr. Kolomyjec, left, holds a adult female platypus from North Queensland, while his colleague Rachelle Herrin holds an adult female from Tasmania.